Adjustable catch basin



Nov. 14, 1939. E. E. WARD 2,180,268

ADJUSTABLE'CATCH BASIN Filed April 4, 1939 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS PatentedNov. 14, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,180,268 ADJUSTABLE CATCHBASIN Ernest E. Ward, Harrison, Maine Application April 4, 1939, SerialNo. 266,028 I 1 Claim.

The invention relates to a catch basin and more especially to dropinlets used on highways to collect or gather water.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter wherein the same involves upper and lower sections, the uppersection being adjustable relative to the lower section and is attachedto the latter in a novel manner, and in this way the device can be setin a road bed for final grading or, surfacing of the roadway, the heightof the device being regulated in accordance therewith.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter wherein its body construction is such that it can belengthened or shortened according to the lay of the road bed, the bodybeing sectional and these telescopically interfitted with each other andadjustable one with respect to the other, the device being usable toreceive water from the sides or other areas of the road when installedtherein and have the water collected and run off through a pipe avoidingthe presence of water pools or surface accumulation of the waterthereof.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter which is simple in its construction, thoroughly reliable andefficient in operation, possessed of few parts, being strong, durableand inexpensive to manufacture and install. I

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in thefeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter more fully described in detail, illustrated in theaccompanying drawing which discloses the preferred embodiment of theinvention and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing: 1

Figure 1 is an elevation partly broken awayof a device construction inaccordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 looking substantially at rightangles thereto.

Figure 3 is a top plan view.

Figure 4 is a perspective-view of a fastener for the device.

Figure 5 is one of the tie bolts of the fastener.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail A designates generally the basin ordrop inlet constructed in accordance with the invention and.

in this instance comprises cylindrical lower and upper sections Ill andII, respectively, the upper section being of cross sectional diameterslightly greater than the cross sectional diameter of the lower sectionIt so that the said upper section can be telescoped over. the said lowersection in the setting-up of the device. The sections l0 and H are madefrom sheet steel or other desired metal and both are corrugated at l2.

The section II is longitudinally slitt'edv for spreading and contractionthereof, and at the slit denoted at I3 the edges next thereto aredisposed partially in overlapped relation to each other as at It, andpartially united by suitable fasteners, l5 so that in this manner oneend will be permanent against spreading, while the other end and aportion inwardly of the section II can be spread or contracted with theresult that the telescopic fitting of the section H over the section I 0can be conveniently had. Also this char by a cementitious slab andbottom I6 being fitted in the lowermost corrugation l2 therein, whilethe uppermost open end of the section II has fitted therein a gratecover l1, being lipped peripherially at l8 for seating engagement at thetop edge of the deviceas will be clearly apparent in Figure l of thedrawing.

Seamed or welded to the section I!) is a lateral corrugated pipe I!)constituting the side outlet from the device for the delivery of watertherefrom. The water from the road bed is let into the-device throughthe cover I1, being shown in detail in Figure 3 of the drawing.

Secured to the section II on opposite sides of the edges and next to theslit I3 and contiguous to the lowermost end of this section are anglepieces or L-brackets 20, these being coupled by adjustable, fasteners 2!so that the section II can be contracted or spread and. in contractingthe same will be firmly clamped telescoped over the section I0. Thecorrugations I2 of these sections Hi and II interfitted each other intheir clamped relation to each other.

The device in the installing thereof is sunk in the road bed so thatthrough adjustment thereof the cover l1 will be flush, or approximatelyso, with the surface of said road bed. The upper section. II can beadjusted within a reasonable ratio to take care of various heights offill capacity of the device when sunken in the road bed.

What is claimed is:

A device of the character described comprising and gap, respectively,between the ends with one end having a fixed side and the other endbeing enlarged or decreased in size, means adjustably connecting theedges of the slit next to the increasing or decreasing end thereof, agrate, a ring in the fixed end and accommodating the said grate, and asolid bottom and side extension 5 nipple, respectively, on the othersection.

ERNEST E. WARD.

